0.20” in the preceding week, with no major rain events and a lot of brief showers. MTD we stand at 1.34” against an April average of 4.39”. Spring is really springing around here; grasses are green; forsythia, daffodils, andromeda, crocuses and other early blooms are everywhere. Trees are budding.  Garden soil is nicely moist. Pond level is now at roughly normal spring/summer height; the rock at center of the attached image shows it standing about 5” proud of the water level. When the pond is high, particularly late winter when bogs are drained back, that rock is covered. Presumably a sluice board has been removed from the outfall to facilitate herring runs. Osprey are around but not yet working this pond. Cormorants have returned. Other wildlife activity normal.